In the Old Man and The Sea the irony of man Vs. Nature plays an enormous role. Throughout the story there are many obstacles that, the main character Santiago has to overcome. Santiago an old Cuban fisherman who is a perfectionist when it comes to fishing despite his precise methods, he has no luck at sea. And has many trail and obstacles he has to overcome.
“Many a man ought to have a bathtub larger than the boat which here rode upon the sea” (Crane, 1897, p. 286). Nevertheless, it is the perseverance shared by each man in this decrepit vessel that binds the oiler, correspondent, captain and cook in an unspoken bond of brotherhood. Daylight is fleeting as this motley crew integrates their efforts in keeping the small craft afloat. The cook, a portly and unfit man, steadily bails seawater out of the boat. The oiler maintains the dinghy’s navigational capabilities in a series of assiduous rowing with one oar and adhering to directional
It was a great end for Billie showing his heroic skills, although he didn’t knew about it. A real definition of a hero was made in a difficult situation. Billie is just an average guy was on the boat. He had a moments where he doubted himself couple times. Times were hard when the other guys including the Captain had felt asleep, he still kept himself motivated.
In Homer’s appealing epic The Odyssey, voyager Odysseus journeys on a struggling battle to return home on Poseidon’s struggling seas. As Poseidon makes it more difficult for Odysseus to sail back to his homeland, the adventuring salesman Edward Bloom from Daniel Wallace’s Big Fish is remembered for the journeys he takes that keep him at an emotionally distant relationship from his family. To make up for lost times, during every moment he can, Edward presents wild, imaginative stories to his son. Although these two stories seem exceptionally different, the explorations these men experience shape who they are. Odysseus’ pride and curiosity molds his character.
Although he may not understand what happened in his past, he feels he is chained to it and that his life is already set for him. Throughout the story The Misfit behaves in ways that show he doesn’t want to live the life he has, but he feels obligated to fill in the gaps that his past has created. The Misfit is very similar to the father in a short called “The Boat”. The father works extremely hard on a boat in the harbor to support his family. He has a son that helps him, daughters that help around the house and a very old-fashioned wife that disapproves of many things that make him happy.
The underlying reasons a character carries out an action are often hidden deep in the words of the poem. The speaker in Elizabeth Bishop's “The Fish” ultimately releases the fish due to her newfound respect towards him. This newfound respect is highlighted by the use of diction and descriptive detail. The use of diction is a key element to reveal the speaker's respect for the fish. The us of the word “tremendous” not only allows the speaker to show the size of the fish, but also help the reader grasp the effect the fish has on the speaker.
The marlin is a male as the old man explains in page 49 “He took the bait like a male and he pulls like a male and his fight has no panic in it.” He is obviously a strong fish as he does pull for a long time, “It is half a day and a night and now another day…” He is not going to give up without a fight though and I know that for the fish it is all instinct but I think that he has to have at least a ‘trait” of perseverance and tenacious. He in many ways is equal to the old man, “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” The reason I feel that the fish needed to be review is because I thought that this reflection would be unique and that everyone’s reflection would be about the old man. This is reflection of the blue marlin’s appearance, “personality”, and a bit about the story. This is my reflection on “The Old Man and the
The two parts of his life, though separated by a great number of years, match to two different moral principles. Much of the moral expression within the story centers on the difference between the two models and on showing how Beowulf makes the seamless transition from his wild past to his comparably latent but still rash and courageous end. In the younger part of Beowulf’s life he is a great and fearless warrior, characterized by his feats of strength and courage, including his swimming match against Breca. He accepts his visible defeat even though a selfish individual would have contested the interference of the sea monster into the match that caused his defeat. He also contains all of the manners and values that are expected of a man in that time, including loyalty, courtesy, and pride.
Uncle Jim is a sightless man who never allows his disability to limit him. Instead, he musters up courage, and presses on even though “he stumbles into the curb” (17 Bill Schermbrucker). Furthermore, Weihenmayer proves to have the same quality when “[he] wound up walking into a duck pond… so he returned… and tried again… and again” (Steve Rushin). This event illustrates how motivated he really is. No matter how many times he fell, he rose each time more driven than the last to reach his goal.
The affect that Fred’s ideals and expectations have on his relationship with Ken in ‘A Great Day’ is severe. Fred and Ken embark on a seemingly friendly day of fishing putting Fred in a situation in which he has an advantage over Ken. Fred mentions that he “wouldn’t mind being a big hefty bloke like [Ken]”; however, while the two men are out on the water, Fred makes it more than obvious that he is in his element. It is because of Fred and Ken’s friendship and the fact that Ken “never learnt to swim” that Fred’s ideals and expectations are able to influence the relationship between the two men. ‘The King’s Speech’ tells the story of King George VI, more commonly referred to in the film as Bertie, and his battle with a speech impediment.